Air Temp: High: 91 - Low: 66
Wind: Up to 10 Mph
Lake Level: Approx. 840' (Click Here For Current Water Level)
Water Temp: 86-88
Water Clarity: Clear to light stain
Area Fished: Blockhouse, Victoria, S-Turns & Little River
Jigs Used: UV Shad Dagger, Watermelon Ghost Dagger, and Motor Oil Red
Technique: Casting Soft Plastic Jigs & Spider Rigging
Allatoona Weekly Crappie Fishing Report:
The pattern this time of year continues to be the same week in and week out for Lake Allatoona crappie but we are still catching slabs in the mid August heat. It's hot this time of year and while the crappie can be caught, they are not highly active or aggressive due to the water temperature and amount of oxygen. They are hanging tight to cover and only move around at certain times of the day or late evening. For the time being, at least for the next month, spider rigging minnows is the way to catching a mess of crappie on Allatoona. It is a slow but proven method for summer time crappie. We got on the lake a couple of days in the early morning hours and managed to catch 30 to 40 each day with several nice summer slabs. The crappie are still suspended around 14' to 18' on brush and structure. If you plan to fish minnows, make sure you have an insulated minnow bucket with an aerator and some frozen bottles of water to keep your minnows active. Remember to keep only the crappie that you need and release the rest to keep our great fishery strong for generations to come! Lord willing Team Red Rooster will bring you another report next week!
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. ~ Ephesians 2:10
Doug showing off a nice summer Black Crappie caught while spider rigging minnows on a brush pile!